PATRICK HENRY ADDRESSING THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION. Patrick Henry, orator and statesman, was born in Virginia, May 29th, 1736. He was a zealous patriot in the War of the Revolution, and a delegate to the First General Congress in Philadelphia, in 1774. March 23d, 1775, before the Virginia Convention, he made his eloquent speech: "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death." He was elected Governor of Virginia in 1776.

THINE

Mother of Presidents and States.

Upon thy proud escutcheon is engraved
Scenes from the Furies and the Fates.

"The Virgin Queen," from whose eventful reign
And realm, bold and adventuring came
The cavaliers who sought to glorify,
Anew, her crown, gave thee thy name.

Despite the trials of the wilderness,
The savagery of Indian foe,

Disease and famine, and the craft of pelf,
Thy strength withstood and vanquished woe.

Undaunted, true and noble, hast thou been,
Along thy high and glorious way,

And all the tempest night and thunder crash
Have served to clear thy after day.

George Washington, after whom the State of Washington was named, and who was called "The Father of Our Country," was Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces in the War of the Revolution. He was chosen first President of the United States, and inaugurated at New York, April 30, 1789, re-elected in 1792, but declined a third term. At his death, in 1799, he was mourned by the whole nation.

URRAH for the land of the setting sun!

H Hurrah for the State of Washington!

Hurrah for the men and women, and all,
Who came to make the forests fall!

Hurrah for every pioneer

That built his humble cabin here!

Hurrah for the day when first begun
The march toward the rising sun;
When opening 'fore the axe and gun
This land was seen and doubly won!
Hurrah for the men with brawn and brain!
Who brought fair Progress here to reign!

Hurrah for the cities, towns and fields,
And all their homes, and hopes, and yields !
Hurrah for the rostrum, press and pen-
Beneath the rule of worthy men-
And all the blessed good they've done
For our beloved Washington!

Hurrah for the new and gleaming gem
That glints within the banner's hem;
That shines upon the nation's shield
And in the flag's pure azure field!
Hurrah for the land of the setting sun!
Hurrah for the State of Washington.

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